if he does not get a debt ceiling increase, he will have to come to congress, get an agreement and the boehner rule is in place. you want a trillion dollars in additional debt ceiling because that is the rate at which obama is running up deficits. you choose. we did this in 2011. the president gave up $2.5 trillion. give me your prediction. are you confident to say that there will be no more tax increases? >> yes. you cannot raise taxes now that we have gone past this stupid fiscal cliff. you cannot do that without the republican house of representatives voting yes. without the democrat senate voting yes. none of them want their fingerprints on obama's tax increases. they will be in the witness protection program. the republicans will cheerfully vote no. i do not even be in the room when you allow a tax increase to happen. they were voting against. you have a very very angry republican party in the house. it is about time. we need it. connell: thank you for coming on. grover norquist. the huge loss of life in syria. there seems to be little hope to ending the fighting. these numbers ar